Editing Sauk people (section)

== Name ==
The Sauk or Sac called themselves Thâkîwaki, translating as "people coming forth [from the outlet]" or "[from the water]".<ref name=ohs/> Their [[endonym|autonym]] is written '''oθaakiiwaki''' in the current orthography. Ojibwe people called them '''Ozaagii(-wag)'''. The latter name was transliterated into [[French language|French]] and [[English language|English]] by European colonists.

The neighboring [[Anishinaabe|Anishanabeg]] [[Ojibwa|Ojibwe]] (Sauk name: Ochipwêwa) and [[Ottawa (tribe)|Odawa]] peoples referred to them by the [[exonym]] ''Ozaagii(-wag)'', meaning "those at the outlet". French colonists transliterated that as ''Sac'' and the English as "Sauk". The Sauk/Sac called themselves the 
[[endonym|autonym]] of '''Othâkîwa, Thâkîwa, Thâkîwaki''' or ''Asaki-waki/Oθaakiiwaki'' people of the yellow earth [("people coming forth [from the outlet]," i.e., "from the water")], which is often interpreted to mean "yellow-earth people" or "the Yellow-Earths", due to the yellow-clay soils found around Saginaw Bay. This interpretation possibly derived from the Sauk words ''Athâwethiwa'' or {{transliteration|sac|Athâw(i)}} ("yellow")<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.native-languages.org/sf_colors.htm|title=Meskwaki-Sauk Color Words|publisher=Native Languages of the Americas|access-date=2022-08-21|archive-date=August 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802150050/http://www.native-languages.org/sf_colors.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and ''Neniwaki'' ("men, people"). This was later shortened to "Asaki-waki". In addition, the [[Meskwaki|Fox (Meskwaki)]] were generally known among neighboring tribes as the "people of the red earth" - the Sauk and Fox also used this term: ''Êshkwîha'' or ''Meshkwahkîha'' ("people of the red earth").